WO2010063970A3 - Photovoltaic module including a transparent conductive electrode having a variable thickness, and methods for manufacturing same - Google Patents

Photovoltaic module including a transparent conductive electrode having a variable thickness, and methods for manufacturing same Download PDF

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WO2010063970A3
WO2010063970A3 PCT/FR2009/052400 FR2009052400W WO2010063970A3 WO 2010063970 A3 WO2010063970 A3 WO 2010063970A3 FR 2009052400 W FR2009052400 W FR 2009052400W WO 2010063970 A3 WO2010063970 A3 WO 2010063970A3
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Erik V. Johnson
Pere Roca I Cabarrocas
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Ecole Polytechnique
Centre National De La Recherche Scientifique
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Priority to CN200980155922.7A priority patent/CN102301486B/en
Priority to BRPI0922748A priority patent/BRPI0922748B8/en
Priority to RU2011127171/28A priority patent/RU2519594C2/en
Priority to ES09801494.7T priority patent/ES2667800T3/en
Priority to AU2009323922A priority patent/AU2009323922B2/en
Priority to EP09801494.7A priority patent/EP2353184B1/en
Priority to CA2745500A priority patent/CA2745500C/en
Priority to JP2011539080A priority patent/JP5624553B2/en
Priority to KR1020117012891A priority patent/KR101690114B1/en
Publication of WO2010063970A2 publication Critical patent/WO2010063970A2/en
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
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    • H01L31/00—Semiconductor devices sensitive to infrared radiation, light, electromagnetic radiation of shorter wavelength or corpuscular radiation and specially adapted either for the conversion of the energy of such radiation into electrical energy or for the control of electrical energy by such radiation; Processes or apparatus specially adapted for the manufacture or treatment thereof or of parts thereof; Details thereof
    • H01L31/02—Details
    • H01L31/0224—Electrodes
    • H01L31/022466—Electrodes made of transparent conductive layers, e.g. TCO, ITO layers
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01L—SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES NOT COVERED BY CLASS H10
    • H01L31/00—Semiconductor devices sensitive to infrared radiation, light, electromagnetic radiation of shorter wavelength or corpuscular radiation and specially adapted either for the conversion of the energy of such radiation into electrical energy or for the control of electrical energy by such radiation; Processes or apparatus specially adapted for the manufacture or treatment thereof or of parts thereof; Details thereof
    • H01L31/04—Semiconductor devices sensitive to infrared radiation, light, electromagnetic radiation of shorter wavelength or corpuscular radiation and specially adapted either for the conversion of the energy of such radiation into electrical energy or for the control of electrical energy by such radiation; Processes or apparatus specially adapted for the manufacture or treatment thereof or of parts thereof; Details thereof adapted as photovoltaic [PV] conversion devices
    • H01L31/042—PV modules or arrays of single PV cells
    • H01L31/0445—PV modules or arrays of single PV cells including thin film solar cells, e.g. single thin film a-Si, CIS or CdTe solar cells
    • H01L31/046—PV modules composed of a plurality of thin film solar cells deposited on the same substrate
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01L—SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES NOT COVERED BY CLASS H10
    • H01L31/00—Semiconductor devices sensitive to infrared radiation, light, electromagnetic radiation of shorter wavelength or corpuscular radiation and specially adapted either for the conversion of the energy of such radiation into electrical energy or for the control of electrical energy by such radiation; Processes or apparatus specially adapted for the manufacture or treatment thereof or of parts thereof; Details thereof
    • H01L31/18—Processes or apparatus specially adapted for the manufacture or treatment of these devices or of parts thereof
    • H01L31/1884—Manufacture of transparent electrodes, e.g. TCO, ITO
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01L—SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES NOT COVERED BY CLASS H10
    • H01L31/00—Semiconductor devices sensitive to infrared radiation, light, electromagnetic radiation of shorter wavelength or corpuscular radiation and specially adapted either for the conversion of the energy of such radiation into electrical energy or for the control of electrical energy by such radiation; Processes or apparatus specially adapted for the manufacture or treatment thereof or of parts thereof; Details thereof
    • H01L31/18—Processes or apparatus specially adapted for the manufacture or treatment of these devices or of parts thereof
    • H01L31/1884—Manufacture of transparent electrodes, e.g. TCO, ITO
    • H01L31/1888—Manufacture of transparent electrodes, e.g. TCO, ITO methods for etching transparent electrodes
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y02—TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE
    • Y02E—REDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GAS [GHG] EMISSIONS, RELATED TO ENERGY GENERATION, TRANSMISSION OR DISTRIBUTION
    • Y02E10/00—Energy generation through renewable energy sources
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Abstract

The invention relates to a photovoltaic module (1) that includes at least two photovoltaic cells (7, 7’) in series, each rectangular cell (7, 7’) including, respectively, a first rear thin film electrode (5, 5’), a photovoltaic stack having at least two active materials (3) included between the rear electrode (5) and a transparent conductive electrode (TC) made of a thin film (4), said electrode TC (4, 4’) being capable of collecting and transmitting an electric current (10, 10’) generated by the photovoltaic stack (3, 3’), the two photovoltaic cells (7, 7’) being electrically connected in series by an electrical contact strip (6) that is included between the electrode TC (4) of the first cell (7) and the rear electrode (5’) of the second cell (7’). According to the invention, the local thickness (e) of the electrode TC (4) of the cell (7) varies depending on the distance to the electrical contact strip (6). The invention also relates to methods for depositing and etching the transparent conductive film (TC) so as to simultaneously manufacture a plurality of cells (7, 7’, 7”…) for a single module (1).
PCT/FR2009/052400 2008-12-03 2009-12-03 Photovoltaic module including a transparent conductive electrode having a variable thickness, and methods for manufacturing same WO2010063970A2 (en)

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AU2009323922A AU2009323922B2 (en) 2008-12-03 2009-12-03 Photovoltaic module including a transparent conductive electrode having a variable thickness, and methods for manufacturing same
CN200980155922.7A CN102301486B (en) 2008-12-03 2009-12-03 Photovoltaic Module Including A Transparent Conductive Electrode Having A Variable Thickness, And Methods For Manufacturing Same
BRPI0922748A BRPI0922748B8 (en) 2008-12-03 2009-12-03 photovoltaic module and manufacturing process of a photovoltaic module
RU2011127171/28A RU2519594C2 (en) 2008-12-03 2009-12-03 Photovoltaic module having transparent conducting electrode having variable thickness and methods of making said module
ES09801494.7T ES2667800T3 (en) 2008-12-03 2009-12-03 Photovoltaic module comprising a transparent electrode conductor of variable thickness and manufacturing processes of such a module
US13/132,776 US10002978B2 (en) 2008-12-03 2009-12-03 Photovoltaic module including a transparent conductive electrode having a variable thickness, and methods for manufacturing same
EP09801494.7A EP2353184B1 (en) 2008-12-03 2009-12-03 Photovoltaic module including a transparent conductive electrode having a variable thickness, and methods for manufacturing same
KR1020117012891A KR101690114B1 (en) 2008-12-03 2009-12-03 Photovoltaic module including a transparent conductive electrode having a variable thickness, and methods for manufacturing same
JP2011539080A JP5624553B2 (en) 2008-12-03 2009-12-03 SOLAR CELL MODULE HAVING TRANSPARENT CONDUCTIVE ELECTRODE HAVING VARIABLE THIN
CA2745500A CA2745500C (en) 2008-12-03 2009-12-03 Photovoltaic module including a transparent conductive electrode having a variable thickness, and methods for manufacturing same
ZA2011/04124A ZA201104124B (en) 2008-12-03 2011-06-02 Photovoltaic module including a transparent conductive electrode having a variable thickness,and methods for manufacturing same

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FR0858237A FR2939239B1 (en) 2008-12-03 2008-12-03 PHOTOVOLTAIC MODULE COMPRISING A TRANSPARENT CONDUCTIVE ELECTRODE OF VARIABLE THICKNESS AND METHODS OF MANUFACTURING SUCH A MODULE
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